Audoin, Auduin, or Alduin was koning van de Longobarden van 539 tot 565.
Onder het bewind van Audoin werden de Longobarden foederati van het Byzantijnse Rijk. Hij sloot met de Byzantijnse keizer Justianus I dit verdrag in ruil voor de heerschappij in Pannonia en ten noorden van de Alpen. In 551 kreeg hij opdracht om troepen te zenden naar Narses in Italië tegen de Ostrogoten. Audoin zond meer dan 5.000 man die in 552 meehielpen om de Goten te verslaan bij de Vesuvius. Hij stierf in 563 of 565 en werd opgevolgd door zijn zoon Alboin, de Langobardische koning die later Italië zou binnen vallen en veroveren.
Audoin was getrouwd met Rodelindis, de dochter van Amalaberga en Hermanfrid, koning van de Thüringers. Hij werd opgevolgd door koning Cleph.
Alduin, Auduin, or Audoin was king of the Lombards from 546 to 560. Under him the Lombards became fderati of the Byzantines (541), signing a treaty with Justinian I which gave them power in Pannonia and the north. Beginning in 551, Audoin was obliged to send troops to serve Narses in Italy in the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths. The next year (552), he sent over 5,000 men to defeat the Goths on the slopes of Vesuvius. He died in 563 or 565 and was succeeded by his son, Alboin, who brought the Lombards into Italia.
He married Rodelinda, the daughter of Amalaberga and Hermanfrid, king of the Thuringii
The Gausi or Gausian dynasty was a prominent Lombard ruling clan in the second half of the 6th century (547572). They were Arian Christians and at odds with the Roman Catholic Church. Under their rule, the Lombards first migrated into the Italian peninsula.
The Gausi traced their lineage back to the Goths and they were a prominent family when, in 539, the tribe came under the rule of a minor, Walthari, and a Gausian, Audoin, was elected his regent. In 547, Audoin succeeded his charge, who died young of natural causes, and assumed the royal mantle by usurpation. While there remained living Lethings, relatives of the late king, Authari managed to secure his enthronement with little opposition. Audoin's son and successor, Alboin, led the Lombards into Italy in 569 and died without male heirs in 572 or 573. He had made the Lombard kings into Kings of Italy. His successor was Cleph of the Beleos clan.
Il est marié avec Rodelinde van Thüringen.
Ils se sont mariés.
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